Action News has learned that the ring could also be linked to former Philadelphia Flyer Mark Recchi - who now plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Janet Jones - who is the wife of hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, and the ring could be tied to the crime family of Bruno Scarfo.

Roenick had been "investigated" for his involvement in a gambling operation a while back, and this article on what happened could shed light on the Recchi situation:

Roenick name cleared during investigation By abigailJeremy Roenick, player with hockey team Philadelphia Flyers, has had his name cleared after suspicions that he might have been involved in bets involving his own sport or team. Roenick has been investigated as part of a wider investigation involving National Sports Consultants- a company that sold betting tips on sports to gamblers.

The company was raided in April of this year, and Roenick became involved after US federal agents saw his name on their list of clients. Although it is true that Roenick paid the firm around US$50,000 for information and tips on sports, it has been found that none of this information involved the sport he played. Mike Johnston who was involved with the investigation has announced that Ã¢â‚¬Å“He (Roenick) never became a target of the investigation, and we at no time developed any information that he was involved in any illegal activityÃ¢â‚¬ï¿¾.

While RoenickÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s name is now publicly cleared, eleven employees of National Sports Consultants have pleaded guilty to federal gambling charges. The company became the object of investigation when it was suspected that they were falsely selling information regarding sports, and for allegedly taking pay offs from some offshore online casinos. The investigations that have taken place have confirmed these suspicions and now eleven employees have admitted guilt in selling information they didnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t actually possess.

So, as long as Recchi's involvement is gambling only, and not hockey gambling, he's fine.

Another point - Recchi and his father had bought race horses at one time as well as other NHL players like Dominic Hasek. I guess there's a chance the involvement could have some connection to his racehorses. But we're only speculating.

There goes any remaining hope for an arena. The Governor will cite this as but an examply why a NHL franchise should not be involved with gambling and the slots board will agree. The final nail?

Sorry, but how's that relevant at all?

Rendell's opinion on this means nothing. It's not like he can use it as an example of how it'll affect society or the city of Pittsburgh, so what hapens in the NHL is really none of his freakin' business. The NHL itself has already said that they're fine with it, so Rendell can kiss my arse.

Ironhorse wrote:There goes any remaining hope for an arena. The Governor will cite this as but an examply why a NHL franchise should not be involved with gambling and the slots board will agree. The final nail?

Wrong. A legal slots parlor has absolutely nothing to do with illegal bookmaking on sports. Do you know who the Maloof brothers are? Do you know what NBA team they own? Do you know that they can't take NBA action at their sportsbooks? Their involvement is much more direct in professional sports than some 3rd party that doesn't even have a sportsbook building an arena then having nothing whatsoever to do with professional sports.